Clip for pencils and the like



Patented Apr. 26, 1927.

UNITED STATES CHARLES R. KEERAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

PATENT OFFICE.

T0 AUTOPOINT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

our son. rnncrns AND THE LIKE.

Application filed May 24, 1924. Serial No. 716,839.

.- tached to the body of a pencil or other similar article;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section through the clip taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The article shown in the drawing is provided with a body A having a plurality of flat faces, a, b, 0, etc. In cross section the article body may be octagonal, as shown, or hexagonal, or otherwise, it being desirable for the purposes of this invention that at least three contiguous fiat faces be provided.

Upon one of these, designated as a, the clip is attached with portions thereof overlying the contiguous faces 6 and a.

By preference, the present clip comprises a prong 5 normally spring-pressed against the pencil body; at its upper end the prong is curved .inwardly as at 6 to unite with'a head 7 through which is formed a hole to receive the shank 8 of a screw whose head 9 overlies the clip head. The screw shank is entered into the body of the pencil to effect a threaded connection t herewith, as best illustrated in Fig. 3.

The clip head, as will be noted best in Figs. 1 and 2, extends from the screw head u wardly to provide a tongue 10 andlatera y to provide wings 11 on each side thereof. These wings, as will appear best in Fig. 3, are angularly related to the clip head so as to lie snugly against the contiguous faces of the pencil body. In this manner the corner 12 formed at the juncture of each wing 11 with the head will rest u on the proximate corner 13 of the pencil ody. The effect of this construction is to provide a means which not only centers the clip laterally of the body but which prevents oscillation thereof upon the article to which it is attached.

It is preferred that the clip take a form similar to that shown in the drawing with its. tongue 10 projecting upwardly so asto provide a means, in association with the screw, for resisting outward pull of the prong when the clip is placed over a pocket flap. Because of the. presence of this tongue, as well as of the two wings 11 which center the clip and prevent its rotary movement upon the body, a single screw, rivet, or other attaching medium, will suflice to secure the clip to the article. The form which the screw head may take is, of course, immaterial, it being suggested in Fig. 3, for instance, that its head may be round and partially countersunk in the clip head. Obviously such features may be considerably varied without departing from my invention, and, as defined by the appendedclaim, should be construed as within its purview and scope.

I claim The combination with a pencil body of polygonal cross section of a clip comprising an attaching head and a spring prong, said head being angularly shaped to correspond to the contour of the pencil body and to overlie and contact with a plurality of faces of said polygonal body, and a single screw CHARLES R. KEERAN. 

